The Community of St Alcuin’s Abbey

Monks

Brother Edward

infirmarian

Father Chad

prior

Father Columba

abbot – known as Father Peregrine

Brother John

works in the infirmary

Brother Gilbert

precentor

Brother Cyprian

porter/infirmary patient

Father Matthew

novice master

Brother Walafrid

herbalist/winemaker

Brother Giles

assistant herbalist

Brother Michael

works in the infirmary

Brother Andrew

cook

Brother Ambrose

cellarer

Brother Clement

works in the scriptorium and library

Brother Fidelis

gardener, with special care of the roses

Brother Peter

cared for horses

Brother Mark

beekeeper

Brother Stephen

responsible for the farm

Brother Martin

porter

Brother Paulinus

gardener

Brother Dominic

guestmaster

Brother Prudentius

works on the farm

Brother Basil

elderly brother, assists in guest house

Father Bernard

cellarer in training

Brother Germanus

works on the farm

Father Gerard

almoner

Novices and postulants

Brother Thomas

abbot’s esquire; also works on the farm

Brother Francis

works in a variety of locations

Brother Theodore

works mainly as a scribe and illuminator

Brother Cormac

works in the kitchen

Brother Thaddeus

works in a variety of locations

Brother Richard

 

Brother Damian

 

Brother Josephus

 

Allen Howick

becomes Brother James

Sick or aged brothers living in the infirmary

Brother Denis

once the beekeeper

Father Aelred

 

Father Anselm

 

Father Paul

 

Father Gerald

 

Father Lucanus

 

Deceased community brethren mentioned in The Hawk and the Dove

Father Gregory

previous abbot of the community

Assistants to the community

Martin Jonson

lay worker in the infirmary

Luke

kitchen assistant

Simon

kitchen assistant